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Interocean Management Corporation,
Three Parkway, Philadelphia,
Pa. 19102, recently arranged
the first "Inert Gas and Supporting
Systems for Tanker Safety"
training course to be offered in
the United States. The four-day
course is for deck and

Shaver Transportation Company
has recently taken delivery of
a new ship handling tug, the
Portland, for service in the Port
of Portland. The Portland is propelled
by two Maritime Industries
model 1650 H 360° steerable
Z-drives, each rated at 1,700 bhp.

ZF Marine gears are on board the
Spirit of Ontario, helping to harness the
power of what is reported to be the most
powerful fast ferry in the U.S. ZF
Marine supplied four ZF 53000-1 NRH
non-reversing, horizontal offset transmissions
to mount behind MTU 20V
8000 M70 engines rated at 8,200kW.

Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans,
La., has delivered a 127-
foot raised pilothouse tug, the
Capt. Fred Bouchard, to Bouchard
Transportation, Inc. of
Hicksville, N.Y. The vessel was
named after the company's
founder.
The versatile vessel can be
mated with notched stern barges,

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Wagner Engineering Ltd. of
North Vancouver, B.C., Canada, has
announced that it has been selected
by Saint John Shipbuilding Limited
to supply the steering systems as
well as integrated steering control
systems for six patrol frigates being
built for the Canadian Navy.

New U.S. Coast Guard rules
will require most ships — tentatively
those over 1,600 gross tons
—with power-driven main or auxiliary
steering gear to be equipped
w i t h advanced steering failure
alarm systems.
The new rules, which are expected
to be put into force within
six to eight months,

The Maritime Administration
and Maritime Subsidy Board have
authorized execution of the agency's
first construction-differential
subsidy (CDS) contracts for the
retrofitting of tankers in compliance
with the Port and Tanker
Safety Act of 1978.

Already operating successfully
aboard tankers of a major U.S.
oil company fleet, the new Henschel
Rudder Follow-up Failure
Alarm meets the recently proposed
U.S. Coast Guard rules requiring
an alarm upon steering
failure. It provides the required
audible

Stanley A. Dashew, president
and founder of OMNITHRUSTER
INC., recently announced that the
board of directors elected J. Michael
Melvin vice president, marketing.
Mr. Melvin will report directly
to the office of the president.
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